Lexical Definition

‎חֵן‎ chên (khane) favor ^H:N-M
from ‎חָנַן‎

favour, grace(-ious), pleasant, precious, (well-) favoured.

• graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)

1) favour, grace, charm
1a) favour, grace, elegance
1b) favour, acceptance

See Greek: ἀρεσκεία · ἔλεος · εὐχάριστος · χάρις

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎חֵן‎ noun masculine^{Ps 45:3*} favour, grace; — ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Gen 6:8 + 67 t.; suffix ‎חִנּוֺ‎ Gen 39:21 —

1. favour, grace, elegance:
a. of form and appearance, of a woman || ‎יֹ֑פִי‎ Prov 31:30 ‎אֵשֶׁת חֵן‎ Prov 11:16 ‎זונה טובת חן‎ Nah 3:4 of a doe Prov 5:19 precious stone ‎אבן חן‎ Prov 17:8 of ornaments Prov 1:9 = Prov 4:9; Prov 3:22.
b. of speech, lips Ps 45:3*; Prov 22:11 words Eccl 10:12.

2. favour, acceptance:
a. with men Prov 13:15; Prov 22:1; Eccl 9:11.
b. with God Zech 4:7 (twice in verse); Zech 12:10 chiefly in phrases: ‎מצא חן בעיני‎ find favour in the eyes of: (I) men Gen 30:27; Gen 32:6*; Gen 33:8; Gen 33:10; Gen 33:15; Gen 34:11; Gen 39:4; Gen 47:25; Gen 47:29; Gen 50:4; Num 32:5 (all J); Deut 24:1; Ruth 2:2; Ruth 2:10; Ruth 2:13; 1Sam 1:18; 1Sam 16:22; 1Sam 20:3; 1Sam 20:29; 1Sam 25:8; 1Sam 27:5; 2Sam 14:22; 2Sam 16:4; 1Kgs 11:19; Esth 5:8; Esth 7:3 (2) of God Gen 6:8; Gen 18:3; Gen 19:19; Exod 33:12; Exod 33:13 (twice in verse); Exod 33:16; Exod 33:17; Exod 34:9; Num 11:11; Num 11:15 (all J); Judg 6:17; 2Sam 15:25; Prov 3:4 absolute ‎מצא חן‎ (with man) Prov 28:23 (with God) Jer 31:2 ‎מֹצא חן לפניו‎ Esth 8:5 (i.e. of the king); ‎נתן חן בעיני‎ give favour in the eyes of (I) man Gen 39:21; Exod 3:21; Exod 11:3; Exod 12:36 (J); absolute ‎נתן חן‎ of man Ps 84:12* (2) of God Prov 3:34 ‎נשׂא חֵן בְּעֵינֵי‎ obtain favour in the eyes of Esth 2:15 of the king Esth 5:2 so ‎וַתִּשָּׂאחֵֿן וָחֶסֶד לְפָנָיו‎ Esth 2:17.

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